Testable

//ˈtɛs.tə.bəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Susceptible to being tested.
  2. 2
    With respect to the scientific method, capable of being proven true or false.

    "We have identified an miR-1246 target site in the noncoding region of F8 mRNA and were able to confirm the suppressory role of hsa-miR-1246 on F8 expression in a stable lymphoblastoid cell line expressing FVIII. These findings suggest several testable hypotheses vis-à-vis the role of nc-RNAs in the regulation of F8 expression."

  3. 3
    Capable of being devised, or given by will.

Synonyms

All synonyms
absoluteactualadmitting no questionaxiomaticconfirmabledemonstrable

Example

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"Evolutionary psychology generally does not make testable predictions, so it is often viewed as a pseudoscience."

Etymology

From test + -able.

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scientific method

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